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stout-hearted

[stout-hahr-tid]
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adjective

brave and resolute; dauntless.

RELATED WORDS

adventurous, bold, daring, dashing, fearless, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, lionhearted, plucky, spunky, stalwart, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, unfearful

Nearby words

  1. stourbridge,
  2. stourhead,
  3. stoush,
  4. stout,
  5. stout, rex,
  6. stouten,
  7. stouthearted,
  8. stoutish,
  9. stoutly,
  10. stove

Origin of stout-hearted

First recorded in 1645–55
Related formsstout-heart·ed·ly, adverbstout-heart·ed·ness, noun
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Examples from the Web for stouthearted

  • Peggy was asked if she would do it, and being a stouthearted lass she consented, for a round sum, to try it.

    The Abbot's Ghost, Or Maurice Treherne's Temptation|A. M. Barnard

  • Many of them had lost their all, yet the worst sufferers seemed by far the most stouthearted of the forlorn crowd.

    The Quest of the 'Golden Hope'|Percy F. Westerman

  • What ripples from the seething capitals will stir the placid thoughts of your stouthearted peasants?

    Where the Sabots Clatter Again|Katherine Shortall

  • Even the stouthearted Captain and the faithful mate, blear-eyed and haggard from loss of sleep, were filled with wonder.

    West Wind Drift|George Barr McCutcheon
British Dictionary definitions for stouthearted

stouthearted

adjective

valiant; brave
Derived Formsstoutheartedly, adverbstoutheartedness, noun
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